Morewaak members apologise to pastor

MEMBERS of the Morewaak Pentecostal Missions have apologised to their Pastor, Peter Barry, for alleging that he had an extramarital affair.

The members, who are demanding the resignation of Barry and his board members, said the Pastor had disqualified himself as their leader because he was “travelling around with a girl”. This is against the church laws, they maintained.They apologised after Barry threatened them with legal action.A power struggle between Barry and two other church board members – Cornelius Louw and Jacobus Louw Theron – resulted in some members being shut out of the church building for over two months now.Barry took the two board members and the Morewaak Pentecostal Missions to court and managed to get an interim interdict against them on September 20.In terms of the interdict, the congregation and the two leaders may not occupy the building in Krisante Street (Khomasdal) and may not remove the locks on the main gate or conduct activities at the building until June 19 next year.Some members of the congregation said they had nothing to do with the personal clashes of the leaders and demanded that the building be opened for them to conduct their services and other activities.They claimed that by going to the High Court and through his public conduct, Barry had disqualified himself as a pastor.Barry told The Namibian earlier that the congregation had no right to demand his resignation or to call in the media.This is against the church laws, they maintained.They apologised after Barry threatened them with legal action.A power struggle between Barry and two other church board members – Cornelius Louw and Jacobus Louw Theron – resulted in some members being shut out of the church building for over two months now.Barry took the two board members and the Morewaak Pentecostal Missions to court and managed to get an interim interdict against them on September 20.In terms of the interdict, the congregation and the two leaders may not occupy the building in Krisante Street (Khomasdal) and may not remove the locks on the main gate or conduct activities at the building until June 19 next year.Some members of the congregation said they had nothing to do with the personal clashes of the leaders and demanded that the building be opened for them to conduct their services and other activities.They claimed that by going to the High Court and through his public conduct, Barry had disqualified himself as a pastor.Barry told The Namibian earlier that the congregation had no right to demand his resignation or to call in the media.